Workers with the General Agriculture Workers Union of Liberia have agreed to go back to work after a 7-day solidarity work boycott, following the death of one of their colleagues on the Sime Darby plantation
“This year we intend to plant on 4,000 hectares. If we can do 100, 000 hectares in Edo State, we will do it,” says Felix Nwabuk, Managing Director fo Prescoe PLC, a subsidiary of the SIAT Group.
Principal doador internacional do combate ao desmatamento da Amazônia brasileira, a Noruega também financia a atividade que mais contribui para a destruição da floresta.
Iraq’s trade ministry said on Wednesday a joint Iraqi-Saudi coordination council was considering an investment in one million hectares of agricultural land in the western province of Anbar.
Displaced farmers from Cambodia have filed a landmark class-action lawsuit against the Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol.
Charges against Pastor Omot Agwa, an indigenous land rights defender from the Gambella region of Ethiopia are finally dropped by an Ethiopian court.
"Reiteramos a nossa posição contra o Programa ProSavana nos pressupostos em que foi desenhado e a forma como este tem sido imposto aos moçambicanos e moçambicanas, sendo que o convite para a referida reunião reforça esta imposição."
Research shows that the plantation model of development has failed to deliver promised benefits to Liberia’s rural people and that they benefit far more from retaining their traditional lands.
Fraudes cartoriais, expulsão de trabalhadores rurais e desmatamento ilegal marcam a história da área de 140 mil hectares do Oeste na Bahia comprada por fundo da universidade americana.
Selon le Groupe Socfin, le Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris a décidé qu’accuser le Socfin et la Socapalm d' « accaparements de terres » constitue autant de diffamations à l’encontre desdites sociétés.
Farmers from Cambodia have filed a lawsuit in a Thai civil court against Asia’s largest sugar producer, accusing it of rights abuses after it allegedly kicked farmers off their land.
Medida destravaria investimentos na área que esbarram em restrições